What a Saturday! This bracket was easily my toughest to make, thanks to some conference craziness. Two teams squarely on the bubble, Davidson and Boise State, currently lead their conferences based on the tiebreaker scenarios for the A-10 and Mountain West, respectively. Therefore, since I put in all of the conference leaders as the automatic qualifiers, Davidson and Boise State are in my field as AQs. That ruffled things up a little bit. Also, after re-evaluating Temple, I realized that there really isn’t much to their resume. They’re not in the play-in game. Also, after their big win over Gonzaga, BYU has slipped in as my last team in just ahead of Stanford and UCLA, who dropped out. However, should Stanford top Oregon tonight, that might cause another shift. Here’s the full updated bracket:

We’re getting so close to Selection Sunday! Only a few more weeks. Before I go any further, a quick shout-out to the Mountain Brook basketball team on making the State Championship for the third consecutive year (#BeatHoover)! As for the bubble, well, Texas continued its fall down my bracket. They barely squeaked in for now; one more loss, though, and the Longhorns will probably be out. Here’s my updated bracket!

We’re inside three weeks until Selection Sunday! I don’t know about you, but I cannot wait. The biggest issue with this week’s bracket came with one spot left in the bracket and UCLA, Stanford, and Pittsburgh all fighting for it. While I am a believer in the Panthers, and I think they could be that team that sneaks in this year, I decided to stick in the Bruins despite their 16-12 record. Stanford is listed as 9-6 against the RPI Top 100, but take a closer look: you’ll find that 7 of those wins are against teams with an RPI between 80-100. Plus, the Cardinal were swept by UCLA. As for Pittsburgh, the poor non-conference SOS knocked them out for me…well, that and the losses. When I say Pittsburgh has bad losses, I mean horrendous. At Virginia Tech? At Hawaii? Come on, Pitt. Either way, this week’s bracket was a tough one. Let me know what you think.

Here’s the updated Bracketology. Once again, the One and Two Seeds are the easiest to figure out. For me, the toughest seed lines to figure out each week are the Threes and Fours. All of those teams have very similar resumes, and it’s difficult to discern all of them from each other. Let me know your thoughts on the bracket and tell me where I’m right or wrong.

Here’s my updated bracketology. Once again, it got really tough as I got closer to the final spots. However, the one and two-seed lines were very, very easy to figure out. Check out the full bracket below!

After a few weeks, it’s crazy to see how much the bracket has changed. Unfortunately, we don’t have a fancy program to show you what the bracket would look like, so we’ll have to settle for a list format until we come up with something better. Either way, here is how I see the field of 68 as of today. Don’t be afraid to disagree!

Well, it’s that time of year again–time for bracketologists everywhere to begin stacking up their predictions for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. This is the only bracket I’ll post in the month of January; once the Super Bowl passes, I’ll begin doing weekly brackets every Friday. In the bracket, I selected conference winners based on how the standings look as of today. Here is a breakdown of seeding, plus the link to the full bracket.

Happy New Year! We’re a few weeks away from my weekly bracketology, which I cannot wait to start on, so until then I’ll be viewing the SEC as a whole and determining who is on the bubble, who should already be in, and what all of those resumes look like. I think the ceiling for this league is 5 bids, but only time will tell. Here we go!

One Sentence: The C-A-T-S CATS CATS CATS are a lock for the tournament and most likely will snag the number one overall seed.

ON THE BUBBLE-In Good Shape

Arkansas

Record: 12-2

RPI: 19

SOS: 88

Non-Con SOS: 123

Key Wins: at SMU, Dayton, at Georgia

Bad Losses: at Clemson

One Sentence: This team is dangerous and, barring a string of bad losses, should be a force in March.

LSU

Record: 11-2

RPI: 38

SOS: 140

Non-Con SOS: 143

Key Wins: at West Virginia

Bad Losses: vs. Clemson

One Sentence: The resume isn’t the strongest overall by any means, but the Tigers own the best non-conference win of anyone in the league not named Kentucky: a road victory at West Virginia (RPI: 9).

ON THE BUBBLE-In the Mix

Georgia

Record: 9-4

RPI: 24

SOS: 8

Non-Con SOS: 14

Key Wins: Seton Hall

Bad Losses: None

One Sentence: Georgia has a boring resume with one bright spot (a win over Seton Hall) but huge chances ahead.

Alabama

Record: 11-3

RPI: 36

SOS: 69

Non-Con SOS: 87

Key Wins: None

Bad Losses: None

One Sentence: Another team with a boring resume, Alabama must take advantage of home games against Kentucky, Georgia, and South Carolina.

South Carolina

Record: 9-3

RPI: 74

SOS: 122

Non-Con SOS: 124

Key Wins: vs. Iowa State, Oklahoma State

Bad Losses: vs. Akron

One Sentence: The wins over OSU and ISU are huge, but with an unimpressive RPI and SOS, the Gamecocks will need a strong showing in SEC play to remain on the bubble.

ON THE BUBBLE-Need Some Work

Tennessee

Record: 8-4

RPI: 71

SOS: 70

Non-Con SOS: 70

Key Wins: Butler

Bad Losses: None

One Sentence: Tennessee fought hard in the non-conference, but the Vols will need its young team to grow up quickly to have a shot at March.

Vanderbilt

Record: 11-3

RPI: 63

SOS: 124

Non-Con SOS: 135

Key Wins: None

Bad Losses: None

One Sentence: Another young and talented team, Vanderbilt will need to upset some people in their next five games (at Arkansas, Georgia, at Mississippi State, at Kentucky, LSU) to have a legitimate shot at the bracket.

Ole Miss

Record: 9-5

SOS: 33

Non-Con SOS: 68

Key Wins: vs. Cincinnati

Bad Losses: Western Kentucky, Charleston Southern

One Sentence: A nice win over Cincinnati can’t mask two horrible losses at home; however, this is a talented team that can get hot at any time.

OUT-Until Further Notice

Florida (7-6)-Gators couldn’t finish games, or they’d be right in the thick of it.

Mississippi State (7-6)-A promising start has spiraled into the expected spot for Mississippi State.

Missouri (6-7)-Scrappy but not there yet, Missouri has the worst loss in the conference (UMKC-RPI: 314).

Texas A&M (9-4)-Nothing on the resume that makes me think the Aggies have a shot (best win: Sam Houston State).